Yawɛ Mawu, jehanɛ lɛɛ moo te si nɛ o ba sɛ o we ɔ mi, he nɛ somi daka a nɛ tsɔɔ o he wami ɔ ngɛ ɔ. Moo gbaa o we osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ yi wami hemi, konɛ nihi nɛ yeɔ mo anɔkuale ɔ nɛ a na bua jɔmi ngɛ ní kpakpahi nɛ o peeɔ kɛ haa mɛ ɔ a he.
Yerusalem ngɛ nyae ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ Mawu pee ha lɛ ɔ he. Yerusalem pee kaa ayɛflo nɛ wo june, loo ayɛflo huno nɛ ngɔ mɔmɔ kɛ dla e he kɛ yaa yo kpeemi. Niinɛ, Mawu he Yerusalem yi wami, nɛ e ye kunimi ha lɛ.
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Ja nɔuu, nyɛ nihewi ɔmɛ hu, nyɛɛ ba nyɛ he si ha nikɔtɔma amɛ. Nyɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ nyɛ sibi kɛ he si bami. Ejakaa ngmami ɔ ke, “Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, Mawu kɛ mɛ toɔ ní; se nihi nɛ baa a he si ɔ, Mawu dlooɔ mɛ.”
Yawɛ, ha o he nyɛli ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi nɛ kpata kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ. Se o huɛmɛ ɔmɛ lɛɛ ha nɛ a pee kaa pu nɛ ngɛ si tee kɛ he wami! Nɛ zugba a nɔ jɔ jeha nyingmi eywiɛ.